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"Equal- and Exact Justice to aZVMen of Whatever gkjte q^ersuasion.iBeUfious or Political."—Jefferson •.
Norwalk, Colin., Saturday Evening, August 22, 1891. I* Price One Cent,
Yol. I, No. 170.
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lr issued very week-day at 3 P. M., at
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Tini Cheapest Hatej for Advertising, and
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The Weekly Gazette,
[Combined with Friday 8 Dailv.J
Is issued every Friday <• it Noon, at
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The Daily and Weekly.
Vrvnea to Local Subscribers at
rtf.ft O.KNT8 PELL WEEK, OB $5.00 FEB YEAB.
i A.. H. iJYiNGTON, Proprietor.
This paper has the largest circulation of
paper in the State west of Bridgeport.
OVlt JOliJills G JJlil'A JtTMJ&NT.
" MB. HARRY M. GABDKEB, JB., of New York,
has charge ef the GAZETTE'S Engraving, Book
a-id Jobbing Department. He is an expert
a'ul experienced Job Printer, and no work en­trusted
to him will be unsatisfactorily done.
TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
"Snappers" are reported to be biting.
Mr. Henry New, of Chicago, is visit­ing
friends in town.
Beacli plums are now ripe along the
Long Island shore.
—Go to the Centennial Tea store for
your Tea and Coffee 168 4t
Miss Grace Barnard, of Meriden,' is
spending a few weeks in town.
New Haven, Hartford and Water-bury
are suffering from fleas.
A storm of more than usual violence
raged last night in the English Chan­nel.
Mr. Chas. Warren, of Hartford, Ct.,
is spending Sunday with relatives in
town.
The White Squadron, in command of
Admiral Walker, arrived at Bar Har­bor,
yesterday.
—Mr. Ruscoe's Commercial College
will re-open on Sept. 1. Send for Vest-pocket
-Catalogue. 34-2t
A letter for Sivinio Goncalves is the
only one unclaimed up to date at the
Norwalk post office.
A party of New Haven wheelmen
passed through Norwalk late yesterday
afternoon, en route for New York.
Mr. A. E. Winchester and wife, of
West avenue, purchased bicycles of
Louis Potter, yesterday.
Mr. William E. Smith, of Glen Ridge,
-N. J., is the guest of his aunt, Mrs.
Thomas L. Peck of East avenue.
Frank Sperry, who was Col. Er-hardt's
private secretary,, retired from
the New York Custom House yester­day.
Workmen were at work this morning
re-laying the crosswalk from the GA­ZETTE
building to the corner of Water
street. . -
—A covered, second-hand wagon for
sale, in "good order. $30. Suitable for
baggage or express. Five Corner shop,
Norwalk. •
Miss Eleanor Peck and Mr. James
Duval, of New Haven, will be the guests
of Miss Gertrude Peck, of East avenue,
over Sunday.
Owen Ginty, a well-known hatter,
dropped dead on the sidewalk, in front
of Hose Company, No. 5, in Danbury,
this morning.
Casher Price and family are home
from their sojourn at Canaan Four
Corners, and Henry reports a big time
and lots of fun.
George Moore, of Bridgeport, aged
10, while picking apples yesterday fell
from the tree, and striking on his left
arm, fractured it.
Miss Julia Hanlon, one of the most
popular ladies of the Boston store, left
yesterday on a visit to Boston and the
White Mountains.
The U. S. cruiser, Bennington, passed
Sandy Hook, yesterday, for the second
time, on her way out to sea. Her first
attempt was unsuccessful.
—Have you seen the Yest-pocket cat­alogue
? • _ :: 34-2t
A fair yield of onions is assured in
New England, Orange county, New
York, and in New Jersey, but the crop
is short in Western New York, Ohio
and Illinois, according to elaborate re­ports
from the entire onion growing re­gions
of the country, gathered by the
New England. Homestead. x
The Sentinel's conscience must have
been pricked yesterday when it admit­ted
that the hustling little DAILY GA­ZETTE
got a clean "scpop" on it the day
before. That's it, neighbor, own up
when we get a "scoop" on you, and
you'll, have little else to do except own­ing
up. '
An interesting question has just been
decided by the Court of Appeals of
Maryland, in the case, Of Helfrich vs.
Catonville Water Co., the question be­ing
whether the owner of land through
which there is a running stream can be
compelled to prevent his cattle from
befouling the water to the injury of a
drinking-water company drawing sup­plies
from the stream below. The
Court upholds the right of the land­owner
to pasture his cattle in the fields
through which the stream flows, not­withstanding
the resultant defilement
of the stream.
No Truth In It."
In last evening's issue of the Bridge­port
Farmer appeared the following
item: ^
"It is reported that the Norwalk
Lawn Tennis club is about to drop out
of the Fairfield County Lawn Tennis
tournament which opens in that place
next Wednesday. They are considera­bly
disheartened over the defeats they
have sustained at the hands of the
Bridgeport players during the past two
days.''
All the officials of the Norwalk Ten­nis
club indignantly deny the above as-sertation
and claim that there is not a
word of truth in the rumor.
Norwalk's entrance money is in the
hands of the president, and although
the club was unsuccessful in the the
last Bridgeport tournament, the boys
say that they are far from discouraged,
and they w^ll enter a full team of play­ers
in next week's match.
- WILTON.
On Wednesday last, according to the
request of D. H. YanHoosear in your
issue of Aug. 17, there 'assembled^ at
"Sharp Hill" cemetery the following
named persons: Samuel G. Lock-wood
(selectman), Frank Taylor, Wm.
Taylor, Mr. Barringer (for Selectman
Gilbert), Town Clerk Chichester, John
C. Dudley, Frederick S. Banks (Ger­man
for Elmer Jackson), Wm. Geop-pler,
John Scofield, Eugene Davis (for
Charles Holmes), Samuel Scofield (for
Charles Holmes), James H. Taylor,
(said to be 3 days the oldest man on the
round), D. N. YanHoosear, D. H. Van-toosear,
Clinton YanHoosear, Arthur
Fitch (for D. H. YanHoosear). The
yard was cleared of sumac, briers,trees,
etc., which were burned, then the yard
was burned over and stones uprighted
and the marbles whitewashed.
CHURCH SERVICES.
The New England delegations of the
Sons of "Veterans left Boston last night
for Minneapolis, Minn., where they will
attend the annual encampment of the
order.
Mrs. F. J. Camp, of East avenue,
who has been seriously ill at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Robert May, of
Hartford, is reported to be slowly im­proving.
One hundred delegates from the var­ious
Catholic Temperance societies,
., and a large body of visiting clergymen,
are expected here next Tuesday.—
[Danbury News.
Father S. G. Mollinger, the faith
cure priest of Troy Hill, Allegheny
City, Pa., says he does not possess
miraculous powers, but cures by faith
coupled with work. He gives medi­cines
as well as prayers. ^
A circular has been issued by the
Stamford Water Co., requesting con­sumers
of water to be as economical as
possible in its use. There is no imme­diate
danger of a famine, but it is well
to be on the safe side, they proclaim. ^
CALVARY BAPTIST—Rev. M. J. Has-kins,
9f Stamford, will preach at 10.30
a. m." Lecture at 4 p. m. Subject:
"Why Are We Baptists." F. G. W.
Fowlke will preach in the evening at
7.30. Sabbath school at 3 p. m.
FIRST BAPTIST.—Rev. F. E. Rob-bins,
pastor. Services at 10.30 a. m.
and 7.30 p. m. Rev. W. P. Elsdon,
of the First Baptist church, Waterbury,
will occupy the pulpit at both services.
The public cordially invited. Seats
free.
ST. PAUL'S.—Rev. S. T. Graham, rec­tor.
Divine service with sermon 10.30
a. m. Subject, ' 'The Recreating and
Advanoing Columns," ct ..iinued. Di­vine
service with sermon, 7:30 p. m.
Subject, "The Pearl Seeker." Sunday
school 12 m. A cordial welcome to all.
GBACE.—Aug. 23, thirteenth Sunday
after Trinity. Morning prayer, Lit­any
and sermon. Sunday school, 12 m.
Evening prayer and sermon 7.30 p. m.
All are welcome.
Unhook That Check-Rein.
In 90 cases out of 100, those who ap­ply
the'side or over-check to thieir har­ness
cannot give you any intelligent
reason for its use, further than that it
was with the harness when they bought
it and is fashionable to have it. Every
other horse you will meet on the streets
of a city is either standing hitched with
his face turned up to the sun, the flies
swarming about his eyes, mouth and
ears, with no power to defend himself,
or moving along in perfect misery from
his.head being pulled up to an unnatur­al
position. If drivers who insist that
their horse does not travel well, or it is
in the habit of stumbling, or is liable
to kick if his head is not reined up,
would have the judgment or a suffi­cient
supply of the milk of human kind­ness
to throw off the check when they
stop, the cruelty and harm would be
greatly lessened, but very few of them
ever think so far and nearly every hour,
in the day, one can find scores of poor
animals standing in the sun, suffering
all the tortures of the rack or pillory,
while his master is within enjoying
himself, with no thought or care for
the welfare of his mute and faithful
servants. Many owners and drivers of
horses confess that their animals work
better and do better when flowed to
carry the head in a natural position
but they check them for lookis.' • What
a mistaken idea! All men admire high
style if it is natural, but when a horse's
head is pulled higher than his forma­tion
justifies, he shows it in every
movement and, instead of adding to his
beauty, it gijeatly detracts from .it in
the eyes of every man that is a judge
o f f o r m . — [ A m e r i c a n B r e e d e r ^ w
Hampson Was Sent to Jfall In Die-fault
of Ball.-, \ • , ,
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John J. Hampson who claims to be a
native of Philadelphia, and who is well-known
in Norwalk and hereabouts as
a pedestrian, was before Justice Cool-idge
this morning charged with big­amy,
adultery and of being the father
of Rose Carlson's illegitimate child.
Hampson w<»k unrepresented by counsel
and stubbornly pled not guilty to all
the charges against him. The court
found probable cause in all cases, and
his bonds are as follows: In bigamy
$1,000, adultery $500; bastardy $300;
aggregating to $1,800 for his appear­ance
at the next term of the court of
common pleas. He could neither fur­nish
bonds or bondsmen and conse­quently
he was escorted to the lockup
by Officer Morehouse. Both of Hamp-son's
reported wives \*ere in court and
the youngster in question, gave evi­dence
of his presence^ with a pair of
lusty lungs.
Hampson has worked at hatting in a
number of places in town, among them
being the Bentwood Hat company. .. %
Complaints. . r -
Numerous complaints reach us from
East avenue residents, and in fact from
all others who have any interest in the
mannei: in which the railroad station
at East Norwalk is cared for during
the evening hours. For more than a
year past, and in fact ever since the
building was erected, more or less
trouble has been caused by this seem-in'g
disregard of the public welfare.
After eight o'clock at" night the .sta­tion
is totally deserted by all employes
and its only occupants are a crowd of
loafers that use this place as their ren-dezous.
The building is looked o n all
sides and persons awaiting the arrival
of any of the evening trains are obliged
to do so outside upon the dimly lighted
platform and even then no seats are
provided save that which a baggage
truck affords. Not even in the winter
season is any shelter provided, and,
travelers are obliged to endure the
cold and storms unprotected. This is
especially trying in the case of ladies,
and it is to be hoped that the Company
will soon do something to remedy th«
evil.
Tennis Games.
The last matches in the tennis tourna­ment
between Bridgeport and Norwalk
clubs were played in Bridgeport yes­terday
afternoon. A large crowd ac­companied
the Norwalk club.
May's banjo sextette again furnished
music while the players were battling
with each other. The ladies' club fur­nished
refreshments of salads, ice
cream, cake and liquids. The visitors
were entertained most hospitably.
Three singles were played. Belknap
beat Russell 6-1, 6-1, 6-4. Mallory beat
Burchard 6-3, 6-0, 6-4. In the next
match Bassick, a new player of the
Bridgeport club, was given a trial and
acquitted himself creditably.
He played against Lockwood. The
latter beat the former by the following
score : 6-1, 6-4, 7-9. The Bridgeports
have won the tournament by a subre of
30 points to 9.
Next week, commencing Wednesday
at Norwalk, the Fairfield county tour­nament
will commence.
The entries close to-nigh, t Following
are the entries to date: Bridgeport 8,
Danbury 4, Norwalk 6, Greenwhich 12.
The Races.
Yesterday was the fourth and last day
of the races at the fair grounds. There
was a good attendance; The following
is the result in each class:
The 2.29 class, purse $300, was won
by W. A. Penfield's Harry Laird; time
2T37£, 2:Uh 2:33. . ; 1 :
The Free-for-all class, purse $400,
was won by John Trout's Gossip, Jr.,
time, 2:28i, 2:21£, 2:22^
The Running race, purse $10.0, was
won by W. L. Clark's Little Grand,
time 54f seconds and 53 seconds.
Captured at Last.
Wm. Smith, who, on the evening of
July 13, attempted an attrocious as­sault
on Frances Luth, a waitress at the
George hotel, and failing in his pur­pose,[
robbed her of her purse, and then,
when her screams attracted attention
from people passing, fled, was captured
by the Norwalk police yesterday, and
Officer Arnold came down and took him
to Bridgeport.
, On Peach Island.
A party of Bridgeporters have leased
Peach Island, off Norwalk, and; are
camping out there for a few weeks.
Among the party are Mr. and_Mrs.
Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wallr,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M, Keelei* and son,
Miss Bertha Wheeler) Miss Rose _Hax-grave,
Miss Addie Hanley, Mr. 0. E.
Raymond, Mrs. and Mrs. L. B. More­house
and daughter, and Mr. S. E.
Handy, of Brooklyn, ;N;,Y.
Review and Inspection bv Gov-ernor
Bull^ley^<:ws^i:
A Beautiful ^ Sights
^ j (Special to flip GAZETTE ).
CAMP WATSON, NIANTIC, A&g. 20.—
The morning of Governor's day broke
dark and cloudy with a strong breeze
blowing from the southeast. The trains
began to arrive at an eirly hour bring­ing
thousands of visitors to the camp.
Last night Governor Bulkeley, in com­pany
withjSenator John *S. Seymour;
ex-Senator E. J. Hillj and Dr. J. G.
Gregory,- called upoi the officers of
Company F. Capt Belts arrived on the
noon train and found me boys at mess.
As their old captain ptil his head in the
mess-room doorway h^as greeted with
ringing cheers from? his old soldier
boys. Amzi Waters aijriyed on the first:
train .this morning, having heard that
Scotty and Wilcoxsoi4 intended to steal
away and get a-, clambake without him.
Justus th&boys were! falling in for re­view
aind inspection, ex-Quartermaster
William E. Buxton pjit in an appear­ance
and was royalljr received by the
boys. The sun macfe its appearance
-just as the boys started out, and the
flashing bayonets andjshining uniforms,
together with the brilliant dresses and
ribbons of the ladies inade the parade-ground
a picture nevfir to be forgotten.
Lieut. Henry Mathels arrived here this
morning and is a welcome guest with
the boys. Captain Rose sent word to
the company, just they were ready
to start, that he wouljl not go with them,
leaving them under command of Lieut.
Aiken, who has takeh entire command.
of the company ever since they hate,
been here. Your reporter waa sut-prised
to hear the men in the: ranks ex­press
their opinion^ that they would get
along much better without the captain
than with him. It is not known why
Captain Rose has not taken charge of
the company or done duty since Tues­day.
On Wednesday he was officer of
the day and' received the compliment­ary
notice from ,B%ut.-CoL: Thompson
of the First Regiment, that he did not
know his duty, which no doubt has kept
the captain in his tent. It was certain­ly
a humiliating sight to see old Com­pany
F in position on the field with on­ly
a second lieutenant in command.
The Third Regiment held the right of
the line with the Second Regiment
next, then the Fourth, First, Fifth
Battalion, Machine-Gun Battery: and
Battery A on the extreme left of the
line. The bands were consolidated and
played beautifully, as the 'Governor
and his staff rode down the line in re­view.
After riding down the line the
Governor and staff took up their posi­tion
in front of the pagoda and the reg­iments
marched in review while the
consolidated bands and drum corps, in
the center of the field furnished music.
As soon as the review was over, the
regiments were drawn up in line and
indulged in volley-firing, which echoed
and re-echoed over the field.
NOTES.
Private John Barrett received a tele­gram
this morning saying that his
brother was dying. He was sent home.
Captain Rose is well provided with
servants, having Quartermaster Ser­geant
James as a private secretary,
Powderly Betts as pug dog tender and
young Kennedy as body servant.
Ex-Senator Hill contributed $5 to­wards
the fireworks for this evening's
display.
Judge Murray is the most successful
policeman the company has ever had.
He has been on duty three days and
has slept every night.
The Consolidated road ran special
trains from early in the morning until
late at night, yesterday, carrying visi­tors
to and from Niantic.
A large number of Norwalk people
were at Camp Watson, yesterday.
It is reported about camp that, Capt.
Rose has or is going to report Adju­tant
Finn, Captains Terrell; Hendrie
and Frost for laughing at him when he,
was officer, of the day.
The display of fireworks, in the even­ing
was witnessed by thousands of
visitors from all over the state. Com-piany
F had the largest and bqst dis­play
on the grounds. : : '7. : • ;;
Among the visitors at headquarter^
were Senator Joseph R. Hawley, Gen;
Wooster, Congressman Russell, Post­master
N. D. Sperry, Gen. S. W. Kel­logg
and Rev. Col. Anderson. Among
the Norwalk visitors were Mrs. Dr.
Huntington, Senator J. S. Seymour* E.
J. Hill, Dr. J. G. Gregory and George
R. YanAlstyne. X.
Ball Games Yesterday.
National league—New York 3, Phil­adelphia
1; Brooklyn 3, Boston 0 ; Chi­cago
9, Cleveland 0 ; Pittsburg 2, Cin­cinnati
0. American Association—
Boston 11, Athletic 4; Washington 7,
Baltimore 3; St. Louis 4, Columbus 2.
Eastern Association—Buffalo 9, Albany
6. At Rochester and Syracuse rain.
—Send to Connecticut Commercial
College for the ". Vest-pocket Cata­logue."
, . 34-2t. .
Too Wefek to Be Taken to Court, So th«
Court Went to Him.
HANOVEB, N. H., Aug. 22.—Frank Almy,
the murderer of Christie Warden, is, un­able,
on account of the wounds he re­ceived
in his fight with the mob, to be
removed from his bed, and as he could not
go to court, court went to. him. Judge
Cobb, Attorney General Barnard and So­licitor
Mitchell went'to the room in the
hotel where the murderer is confined, and
In the presence of a number of leading
citizens the formal complaint against him
was react, Almy, who said he had not
slept much and had been in pain all night,
was uncertain how to plead, and asked
Sheriff Poster, who had formerly been one
of his friends, what to do.
Foster declined to advise him, butMr.
Barnard suggested that it was s safetSiag
t« plead not guilty, in any event. The
plea otnofc guilty .was accordingly entered.
Almy waived a preliminary hearing and
was committed without bail. He is very
shrewd, and avoided saying aaything that
might be used against him *in legal pro­ceedings
hereafter; His wounds are not
very painful, and the distress he complains
of is due to the effects of his recent pool
diet;. He-has been living principaily on
apples for the past few daysv
Even after Almy is convicted,- as,-is con-,
sidered certain, he will have to be- kept a
year in solitary confinement in the state
prison before execution. According to the
laws of the state the sheritii of the county
in which the crime was committed must
officiate at the execution, which must take
place in the state prison. At the least
Almy has a year from October to live. The
court meets in September when he will
probably be placed on trial.
NOTHING IN IT, BLAINE SATS.
The Story That He Told Alger He Would
Run for President.
BAR HABBOB, Me., Aug. 22.—A United
Press reporter called on Secretary Blaine
with a clipping .frcttfr'a New York morning
paper, in whicifc 'appeared certain alleged
statement ' Blaine regarding the
president^; ''
?f'There is nothing in this," said Mr.
Blaine; "nothing whatever. Why, it says
that somebody alleges that somebody told
somebody else* and so on. It is just sim­ply
Dick told Tom that Harry told a friend
that the old gray goose was dead."
"Then you haven't seen Mr. Alger?"
"Why, no; I haven't seen him for a long
time."
"And you haven't said to Mr. Alger that
you would run for president?"
"Why, how could I? There is nothing
in this at all; nothing."
Alger Has No Knowledge of It.
BENNINGTON, Vt., Aug. 22.—General Al­ger
was interviewed by a reporter, and in
response to an inquiry," said: "I have no
knowledge, as stated in a New York dis­patch,
that Mr. Blaine told me he would
be a candidate. I had a conversation with
Mr. Blaine before he was sick, but he said
nothing to indicate that such was his in­tention."
General A. Webb, who was present, sug­gested
in a joking way that it might be a
gpod thing for the Republican party if its
next ticket reversed the letters of the al­phabet,
making it Blaine and Alger.
General Alger replied, "That is a mattei
to w*hich I have never given a thought."
A Victory for the Glassblowers.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.—At a confer­ence
between the national, committee oi
the green glass manufacturers and the
Workers' association an amicable agree:
ment was reached which will avert the
threatened strike in the trade and enable
the green glass factories to start up at the
tisual time, the workers' committee sub-liiitted
the rules adopted at the St. Louis
convention last July, to which the manu­facturers
agreed with few exceptions, in
which a compromise was effected. Brook-field's
works in Brooklyn, which have
been running as nonunion works for two
years, will start up under union rules thfc
fall. The blowers regard this as a big
victory. '•
An Express Car Bobbed.
GRIFFIN, Ga., Aug. 32—An express cai
was robbed just this side of Collins sta­tion
by three masked men. Just as the
train left Collins a man entered the cai
with a revolver in bis hand, followed^.by
two other men. The men woife mask's.
The robbers ordered the messenger at the
point of their pistols to unlock the safe,
which he did. After ransacking the safe
the men rang the bell, and as the train
slowed up jumped off and disappeared. It
is rumored that $20,000 was stolen, though
the express efficials say only $2,500 was
taken. ;
A G. A. B. Post in Mexico.
NEW ORLEANS,,Aug. 22.—A letter from
the City of Mexico to a prominent Grand
Army man here mentions the organization
there of the E. O. C. Order post, G. A. R.,
with some thirty members. The propriety
of such an organization of American vet­erans
pn a foreign soil was referred to a
committee to confer with the president oi
the Mexican republic. They laid the doc-tiinents
before him and he heartily ap­proves
the veterans' action.
Shot Two Convicts Dead..
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 22.—Several
.convicts at the penitentiary overpowered
the warden and attempted to, escape on a
work train that had been run into the
prison brickyard. The engineer, however,
detached the train, and the guards shot
two convicts dead and wounded another,
after which order was restored.
Two Sisters Drowned. .,
BOSTON, Aug. 22.—Two young women,
sisters, Katie and Mary "Walton", of Dor-
Chester, were drowned while returning
from a yachting party. The fatality was
caused by the swamping of an overloaded
tender in which those on the yacht were
being ferried to the dock on the return
from the pleasure trip.
The Winchester. a« a Persuader.
. DALLAS, Aug. 22.—The Princeville and
Canyon stage was stopped near here by a
masked man armed with a Winchester re­peating
rifle. The robber ordered the
-driver tp throw out five sacks of mail,
•which he promptly did. The sacks con­tained
money orders and registered pack-aces.
DIED ON THE TRACK.
The Trotter "J. H. P." Btfrsjs a
T,jlood Vessel and Expires in a, <
J; , Few Moments. ^5 f
The Owner Refused $8,000 for the
Horse on Thursday. , „
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The famous trotting horse' fJ. H. P."
is 'dead; and at the Fair Grounds,
yesterday afternoon, one of the dark
and uncertain phases of the track was
forciljjly brought to view. A strong fa­vorite,
with the victory of two former,
heats hanging over him, "J. S. P?'
came to the pole with the money aDd
hearts of his owners and friends all
upon him. He was scoring in magnifi­cent
form, and when at. starting, he
passed the stand slightly in advance of
the remaining field, every man, woman
and child rtpon the grounds lookedupon
him as a certain winner. But ,he was
destined never to crosB the wire and
before the race was finished "J. H. P."
lay, a mass of lifeless horseflesh, upon
the field. .
The horse had seemed perfectly well
previous to the heat, but his driver had
noticed him lagging slightly on the last
quarter and found that he did not re­spond
to his urging as was his wont,
but he anticipated nothing serious un­til
his horse suddenly fell just as he was
crossing the wire.
The jockey, J. Flemming, was forci­bly
thrown from his seat by the sudden
stop, but he escaped any serious injury
and was soon anxiously bending over
the body of his favorite. The animal
breathed heavily for a few moments
and then expired. A crowd quickly
gathered and Mr. Flemming was the
object of every body's sincere sympa­thy-
.
He afterwards told a GAZETTE re­porter
that only recently he had refused
an offer of $8000 for the horse as he
considered him worth fully $10,000 to
him.
The horse was owned by Mrs. W. H.
Powell, of Philadelphia and it is said
that her loss, including backing at the
pools, and exclusive of probable stakes
at Hartford and Philadelphia, where
the horse was entered, will amount to
nearly $12,000, and by his death the
trotting circuit loses a sturdy repre­sentative.
Although only a young
horse "J. H. P." was well and favor­ably
known, and sporting men all over
the country regret his death.
SIGNED BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Extradition Papers in the Case of
Leroy S. Lewis ofEast Hartford.
Leroy S. Lewis of East Hartford was
arrested about three o'clock yesterday
morning by JDeputy Sheriff Hether-ton,
on a requisition made by Governor
Hill of New York, on the governor of
Connecticut. Mr. Lewis is charged
with grand larceny in the second de.
gree. He is a large stockholder in the
Consolidated Chemical Engine compa­ny
of New York, and recently sold the
rights of the company for the district
of Rochester. There are two factions
in the company, and a stockholder who
is opposed to Mr. Lewis, obtained pa­pers
for the latter's arrest.
Last week Officer J. G. Fisk of Roch­ester
arrived in Hartford with a requi­sition
from Governor Hill. As Govern­or
Bulkeley was up in the Berkshire
Frills the officer came to New Haven
and explained the matter to Lieuten-ant-
Governor Merwin, who granted ex­tradition
papers and wrote the wurds
" acting governor " at the end of his
autograph.
Officer Fisk then returned to Hart­ford
to get his man, but learned that
Mr. Lewis was enjoying himself at
Block Island. The officer placed the
requisition in the hands of Deputy
Sheriff Hetherton to await Mr. Lewis'
return. During the past four or five
days the deputy sheriff has been a fre­quent
visitor to East Hartford, and on
each visit he made it a point to learn if
Mr. Lewis had returned home.
Mr. Lewis came back on a late train
Thursday night, and a couple of hours
later Deputy Sheriff Hetherton roused
him from his sleep and took him to
Hartford. .
Yesterday morning Mr. Lewis con­sulted
Attorney T. M. Maltbie, who
may bring habeas corpus proceedings
this morning.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
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THE SCHEME FELL THROUGH.
Big Money and Big Names, but ConMn't
Stand Investigation. .
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The Evening Sun
saVs that Count Eugene Mitkiewicz, of
Washington, who narrowly escaped deaxn
at the hands of young Mosby a few days
ago and the count's friend, Shoe Box Mil­ler
'of Pittsburg, recently tried to play . a
confidence game for a stake of $10,000. The
man they selected for a victim was, Mr. }
Ferank P. O'Brien, president and general j- anager of the Birmingham (Ala.) Age-eralfi,
who, with his family, is .spending ,
the summer at Asbury Park, N. J. TO
Mr. O'Brien they unfolded a gigantic :
scheme of banking and railroad building
In China, based on concessions from the
Chinese government that were wortn .
many millions. , >• •<- .,
They connected vrlth their scheme the ^
names of Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, ex-tfnited
States Senator Blair, the Chinese
minister at Washington and the Chinese
prime minister, Li Hung Chang. It was a
scheme of boundless possibilities, that was : .
soon to enrich every man connected with ,
it to the extent of many millions of dol­lars.
Count Mitkiewicz and Miller said
they were owners of the valuable corices- , r.
eions, byit they needed $10,000 for expenses, .
which they wanted Mr. O'Brien to.contrib-ute.
t If he would put in this amount he was
assured he would receive not less than
$100,000 in return the first year,'and that
his profits would largely increase the sec- s
ond year. Colonel Shepard and his ^
friends were going to put $5,000,000 into it, ^
Count Mitkiewicz said, and the Chinese -
government was to furnish one-half of all t
the capital required.
It was a wonderful scheme for acquir­ing
wealth with a rapidity simply start- -
ljng, but it fell through because Mr. - c
O'Brien declined to put up the $10,000
needed for immediate -expenses. Mr. .
O'Brien fold the pair he would investi- ~
gate, and he did, and through a friend dis­covered
the character of the pair, and at
the next interview Mr. O'Brien's friend, :
W. C. McBride, a Washington newspaper
man, was present, and he denounced the
count and Miller as a pair of rascals,
whereupon they hurriedly left and have
not been heard of since. * . ,
OIL TANKS IN FLAMES,
The Town of McDonald, Pa., in Dangler .
of Being Wiped Out.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 22.—Gas escaping from' •-
the S. H. Cook oil well, near the Pan-handle
depot at McDonald, Pa., ignited, .
It is supposed, from a passing railroad en-. '
gine. In a moment four large tanks of oil'
and the derrick were burning fiercely. It
was impossible to extinguish the flames, .-
and no effort was made to do so. Atten­tion
was turned to saving adjoining prop-erty.
Several railroad cars were burned.
The Cook well, property of the Wheeling
Gas company, is doing 175 barrels of oil per
hour an<Hs burning with such a fury that fgg|
there is no telling when it can be exting- gps
wished. :•;!:
Another account telephoned from Wash-ington,
Pa., says that a special train, with
fire engines, had gone to McDonald; that ||||
the burning oil had run into a creek t|gl
which runs through the town, setting fire |3p
to property on both sides of .the stream,.
a n d t h a t t h e r e w a s g r e a t d a n g e r t h a t t h e .
whole town would be wiped out. It also ^ ^
states that the flames had spread over 150 ll|
acres, and that the fire was far beyond
control. $j§!
McDonald is a new oil town, where the
operations have been very extensive. Al- AM
most every foot of available ground -is.J
taken up by derricks, boiler.houses and|^^.:
tanks. There are upward of 300 rigs 'in ^
close proximity to where the fire origt^ W|
NATED* •••' V JV ' H •
The Keystone Bank Investigation. '
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.—The experts ct0;
investigating the accounts of the Keystone
Katlonal bank reported that the overissue 3^1
of ,stock equaled the genuine. In refer- /I
ence to the loan by the bank to John Wan- i§||
amaker of $50,000, they reported that Mr. |?§||
Wanamaker's explanation of the loan and
Its repayment was entirely satisfactory. fJ
They also report that of the due billd^%f
issued from March 18,1890, to Jan. 31,18di, '' S
for all purposes,, nearly $400,W0 have disap- fii|
peared that should have been upon the jjlli
files when the receiver took charge. From f
Feb. 25, i890, to March 20, 1&91, the due¥:f?
bills issued to John Bardsley for all pur-|l§|
poses so far as now known exceeded $2,-
500,000. The report closed by stating that ^8
the general banking system of the Key-^p
stone was of the most lax and loose na-^|
ture possible. - . J§»;
James Fountain will conduct the
song service at the Young Men's Chris­tian
Association rooms, Sunday after­noon
at 4 o'clock. These are helpful
services and all young men should at­tend
them. A cordial welcon£<4extend-ed
to all. g
The President at Saratoga.
SARATOGA, Aug. 22.—The. president
arrived here at 4 o'clock Friday after­noon.
He^vas welcomed by Village Pres­ident
Lohnas and a committee and es­corted
to the Grand Union hotel by two
Grand Army posts, the citizens' corps of
militia, the Lincoln club, the Jeffersonian
ciub and some minor organizations in
procession. At the hotel a public recep- .
tion was held.
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A Millionaire Commits Suicide. ^
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—Clark Woodman, of
Omaha, a millionaire, a director of the
Linseed Oil trust, and a member of the
firm of Woodman & Harris, was found
dead in his room at the Grand Pacific ho­tel
in this city. Bottles were found on a-_
fable containing amonia and chloroforpa."
All indications point to a case of suicide.
Agent Partridge Disappears. ' »
RONDOTJT, N. Y., Aug. 22.—W G. Part­ridge,
passenger agent for the Delaware
and Hudson Canal company, at Cohoes,
disappeared last Tuesday,and has not since
been seen. His accounts are being ex­amined
by the company's agents, but
statement will be givein out at present.
St. Louis Rocked by Earthquakes.
ST. LotTl6, Aug. 22. — i?hree distinct-shocks
of earthquake were felt in this city.
The shocks were preceded by*thunder and
lightning, but no rain. The first shock
was severe enough to rock houses' and
break crockery and windows. ,
A Newspaper Man Drowned.
PORTLA2&, 6re., Aug. 22.—Thomas A.
Sutherlanu, editor of. the Sunday Wel­come,
and a well known newspaper man
on the Pacific coast, was drowned while